Sony World Photography Awards 2014: official shortlists revealed

The shortlist for the Sony World Photography Awards 2014 has been announced by the World Photography Organisation, and below we have published a gallery of highlights from both the Professional and Open Competition shortlists.

The WPO reports a record number of entries int he Sony World Photography Awards 2014 contest – 139,554 images from photographers in 166 countries.

All of the images on the Sony World Photography Awards 2014 shortlist will feature at London’s Somerset House from 1-18 May as part of the Sony World Photography Awards 2014 Exhibition, and the winning and finalist images will also be published in the Sony World Photography Awards 2014 book.

Winners of the Open and Youth Competition categories will be announced on 18 March 2014, and Professional category winners will be revealed at the Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony in London on 30 April, when the overall L’Iris D’Or winner will be named.